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.......... a dream is around  you, but also  inside ..........
.......... you, and  usually  you don't  leave  the ..........
..........             familiar modes.              ..........
..........      sometimes you are careless, but     ..........
.......... sometimes the  nightmare  comes to  you. ..........
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.......... it may  shock you. it  may lure you  in. ..........
.......... even  if  you are  afraid,  it's  likely ..........
.........:      you're just dreaming normally.      :.........
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.......:~^ a nightmare sinks  it's teeth in  you. a ^~:.......
......:~^£      nightmare follows you back up.      £^~:......
.....:~^£@          waking is not escaping.         @£^~:.....
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...:~^£@@@ it  dissolves or  it  lingers.  maybe it @@@£^~:...
..:~^£@@@#          crawls away and hides.          #@@@£^~:..
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..:~^£@@@# or it could  be a parasite that has been #@@@£^~:..
...:~^£@@@ growing inside you, graceful enough  not @@@£^~:...
....:~^£@@                 to kill.                 @@£^~:....
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